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LEO GREENBAUM, or FAR RocKA'wAY, EDWARD VAN HOOFSTADT, or OCEANSIDE, AND v CHARLES GUSTAVSON, OF BROOKLYN,

NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS' T0 LION MATCH COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BOOK-MATCH MACHINE.

Application filed April 30, 1925, Serial N0. 27,110. Renewed July 23, 1927. i I

book match machines, and more particularly has reference to a machine for cutting, assembling, and fastening the covers and match splints for book matches.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates in perspective, parts being broken away, a suitable form of strip feeding mechanism for feeding the strip from which the covers of the book matches are cut and formed. F ig. 2 illustrates inperspective, parts being broken away, part of the strip feeding and cutting off mechanism. Fig. 3 illustrates in perspective, parts being broken away, the cut-ofl cover feeding mechanism and match splint feeding and cutting mechanism. Fig. 4 illustrates in perspective, parts being broken away, suitable feeding, forming, and stitching mechanism for securing the match splints Within the covers. Fig. 5 illustrates in perspective upon an enlarged scale the reciprocating finger feed bars. Fig. 6 illustrates in side elevation a spring button presser bar for holding the cut-off covers in position. Fig; 7 illustrates in cross-section on the line 77 of Fig. 6, one of the spring presser buttons. Fig. 8 is a view looking down upon the top of Fig. 7, the same being on a reduced scale. Fig. 9 is a cross-section on the line 99 of Fig. 3 with the addition of the button bar in position, and Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail in perspective illustrating a presser finger for the cut-off covers after the match splints have been placed in position thereon.

Referring now to Fig. 1, it will be observed that a suitable framework 11 is provided with a shaft 12 carrying a spool 13 of paper stock 14, from which the covers of the book matches are to be made, said strip having holes such as 15 at predetermined spaced intervals to be hereafter referred to. This strip passes upwardly between the H-guide 16 which may be suitably fastened to the frame as indicated at 17. and from there the strip passes between the rollers 18, 19 by which the strip may be scored as indicated at 20, if desired. The roller 19 is mounted upon the shaft 21 having pinion 22 meshing with pinion 23 upon shaft 24 driven by belt 25 from the pulley 26 shown in Fig. 2. At the opposite end of the shaft 24 is provided a hand-wheel 27 for controlling the feed of the strip 14 when desired. The upper roller 18 is carried by the shaft 28 which in turn-rotates within the bifurcated ends of the brackets 29, 29 secured \upon the shaft 30 at one end of which is secured the arm 31 pivotally connected to the rod 32the opposite end of which is pivotally connected to the bell-crank 33 pivoted at 34, the other end of said bell-crank 33 being pivotally connected to the rod 35, and the rod 35 is provided with a bearing'36 to the leg 37 of the machine, said rod 35 having an offset 38 within convenient reach of the operators foot so that by pushing the same-With the foot, the roller 18 is lifted from the sheet pg strip 14 which ceases to feed by the roller Referring now to Fig. 2, it will be observed that the paper strip 14 passes into the machine between the flared ends of the guides 39 and 40, and between the rollers 41 and 42 over the pan 128, the roller 41 being mounted in the bearings 43 and 44, and the roller 42, upon the shaft 45 carrying the ratchet wheel 46 in the path of the pawl 47 secured upon the pin 48 of the lever 49 which is adapted to OS cillate upon the shaft 45.. 50 is the drive shaft of the machine and carries the cam 51, one side of which engages the roller 52 at the lower end of the rod 53 pivotally mounted at 54 and secured at the upper end by the spring 55 anchored to the frame 56 of the machine. At the upper end of the lever 53 is pivotally secured the rod 57 connected by turn-buckle 58 to the rod 59 pivotally connected to the lower end of the lever 49, so that as the latter is oscillated upon the shaft 45 by action of the cam 51, the pawl 47 engaging the ratchet Wheel 46 periodically ro- The bracket 60 provides bearing for the shaft 64, said shaft being rigid with an arm 65 which in turn is pivotally connected to the link 66 pivotally connected at the opposite end to the lever 67 pivotally mounted at 68 in the side of the machine 56 and retained by the spring 69 anchored at 70, the opposite end of the link 67 being pivotally connected at 71 to the lever 72, the lower end of which is provided with a pin 73- which rides upon the cam .74 upon the countershaft 75 having gear 76 driven by'pinion 77 upon the drlve shaft 50. From this it will be seen that with each rotation of the drive shaft 50, the shaft 64 is oscillated, and u on the other end of the shaft 64 is mounted has pivotally mounted in the upper part thereof the bracket 79 carrying the resilient finger 80, and in the lower part of said housing is pivotally mounted the bracket 81 having finger or entering point 82. The bracket 81 it will be observed extends beneath the bracket 79, and 83 is a tension sprin between said brackets tending to keep the fingers and 82 depressed. Accordingly, as the shaft 64 oscillates in a clockwise direction as viewed in Figure 2, the fingers 80 and 82 feel for and enter, in succession, cooperating perforations 15 in the paper strip 14. As this operation occurs while .the roll 41 and the knife 96 and foot 109 are elevated, the paper strip is free to shift longitudinally. It therefore follows that when the shaft 64 has been oscillated to its full extent in the direction stated, the fingers 80 and 81 will have served to shift the strip longitudinally into proper adjusted relation with respect to the knife 96, so that when the knife subsequently descends, the cut is correctly positioned with respect to the length of the strip. The bracket 60 it will be observed continues upwardly providing a bearing 84 which is threaded to receive the screw 85, the end of which engages threads in the offset 86 of the lock 87 so that by turning the screw the angle of the bracket 60 upon the pivotal support 61 may be varied and the feed of the fingers 80 and 82 may be slightly retarded or advanced as may be found necessary.

Referring again to the feed of the roller 41 upon the shaft 41', it will be observed that a shaft or rod 88 is provided with an offset 89 immediately beneath the shaft 41 so that as the shaft or rod 88 oscillates, the roller 41 is intermittently lifted from the sheet or strip 14, thereby intermittently discontinuing the feed thereof, the shaft or rod 88 being provided with brackets 89 and also having an arm 90. pivotally connected to the link 91, the lower end of which is provided with a roller 92 adapted to ride upon the cam 93 upon the shaft 75.

The strip 14 passes beneath the block 87 suitably secured as at 94 to the frame of the machine as shown. 95 indicates another block beneath the block 87 but allowing sufficient clearance for the passage of the strip 14, and 96 indicates a suitable knife rovided with a guide 97 passing through the lock 87 which a housing 78 which nected at the end of the lever 98 pivotally 'mounted at 99 and pivotally connected at the opposite end to the link 100, the lower end being provided with a roller 101 which rides in the cam 102 upon the shaft 50. As the severed end of'the strip 14 drops, it rests upon the blocks 103 between and at eitherside of which the three fingers 104, 105, 106, are adapted to pass. These fingers are mounted upon the finger bars 107 and 108 as shown to advantage in Fig. 5. It will be noted that the cam 102 is set slightly in advance of the cam 117, and as a result the presser foot 109 descends slightly after the cutter 96. It therefore follows that when the" machine is rapidly operated, the presser foot will engage with the cut off portion of the paper strip substanupon. The presser foot may have an extension .110 if desired. 111 is a bearing block mounted upon the side of the machine and providing guidance for the presser-foot 109 as shown, the same being pivotally connected at 112 to the rod 113 retained by the spring 114 anchored at 115, so that the roller 116 rides upon the cam 117 upon the drive shaft 50. The finger bars shown in Fig. 5 have a rectangular or reciprocating motion hereinafter more fully described, and as the fingers 104, 105, and 106 pass downwardly, move rightwardly, and rise again, looking at Fig. 2', they engage the edge of the cut-off cover and move it leftwardly, looking at Fig. 2, into the guides 118, said guides preferably having stops 119 as shown. 120 indicates a spring button bar hereinafter more fully referred to, but beneath which the cut-off cover blank passes as shown.

Referrin now more particularly to Fig. 3, the button bar 120 is shown above a cut-off blank 121, the opposite ends of the same being between the guides 118, and from this position the next two fingers indicated by the reference characters 122 and 123 now move the cover leftwardly again, looking at Fig. 3. Above the spring button bar 120 and secured to it, is a plate 124 having a guide 125. The match splint combs are laid upon the plate 124 being conveniently guided or presented thereto by the angle piece 125, two thicknesses of two combs being laid on together and pushed leftwardly to meet the trailing ends of the preceding combs.

Referring now more particularly to the buttonbar 120, shown to advantage in Fig. 6,

and in detail in Figs. 7 and 8, it will be ob-- memos served that this bar is cut awa to provide clearance for the buttons 126 w ich in turn are cut-away for the springs 127 which are retained therein by plugs such as 129 retained by pin 130. The buttons are also cut away at the sides as shown to provide clearance for the pins 131 and 132. 121 indicates the cut-off covers as they pass beneath the spring buttons and these cut-ofi covers restsubstantially at the centre upon the stationary bar 133, and at the ends, in Figs. 2 and 3, in the guides 118, but as the cover advances through the machine as shown in Fig. 4, the guides in which the ends of the covers travel preferably be come flat surfaces as indicated at 134 so as to permit of the turning up of the ends of the covers as shown in Fig. 4, the fingers reciprocating vertically and longitudinally between the side supports 134 and the center support 133. I

The covers 121 being held down at the center by the buttons 126 and at the ends in the guides 118, pass leftwardly through the machine, lookin at Fig. 3,. beneath the button bar 120 and beneath the plate 124 over the same and to which the button bar is secured and upon which the match combs are delivered, delivering the cutofif covers beneath the block 135 where the match combs are cut and drop upon the covers. 136 and 137 indicate two fingers pivotally mounted at 138 and 139 respectively, springs (not shown) upon the pins 138 and 139 tending to keep the outer ends down upon the match books as well as gravity. These fingers are mounted in the yoke 140 carried by the arm 141 mounted upon the carriage 142 adapted to ride upon the slide bearing 143, said slide being pivotally mounted to the link 144 which in turn is pivotally connected to the lever 145 held by the spring 146 anchored at 147, said lever being pivotally mounted at 148 and connected to the spring 149 anchored at 150, the lower end of the lever 145 being provided with a roller 151 adapted to ride against the cam 152 upon the drive shaft 50 as shown. The match combs when out have a splint omitted between each row of ten so that as the fingers 136, 137 move rightwardly, looking at Fig. 3, the ends of the same drop into the spaces between the match splints, and upon the return move leftwardly, feed the same beneath the spring 153 retained by the resilient brackets 154 and 155, also beneath the rod 156 hinged to the block 157, the weight of which laying upon the ends of the splints tend to keep them flat in position preliminary to passing through the block 135.

Beneath the block 135 is a cutting block 158 upon which the match splints travel beneath the knife 159 provided with a guide. 160 which travels through the block 135, said knife being pivotally connected to the lever 161 pivoted at 162 to the block 135 and at the outer end to the link 163, at the lower end of which is provided the roller 164 engaging the cam 165 upon the drive shaft 50. As the cut-off splints drop, a cover 121 is in position and immediately the presser foot 166 descends upon the cut-off splints upon the cover holding them for an instant in that position. .The

presser-foot is slidably mounted in the block 167 and is pivotally connected to the rod 168 retained by the spring 169 to the anchorage 170, the lower end of the rod 168 having a roller 171 riding upon the cam 172 upon the cam shaft 50.

It will be noted that the cam 165 is placed slightly in advance of the cam 172 and it therefore follows that the presser foot 166 will operate in conjunction with the knife 159 in the same manner as hereinbefore described in connection with the prcsser foot 109 and the knife 96. In other'words, the presser foot 166 will bring about the rapid positioning of the cut off match cards upon the previously severed cover portions, so that its operation is not dependent upon gravity.

The next movement of the feeding fingers engages the cover 121 at the right, looking at Fig. 3, and moves it leftwardly passing beneath the device shown to advantage in Fig. 10; This consists of a plate 173 secured upon the frame of the machine as shown, and having a standard 174 provided with a pin 175 upon which a Z-bar 17 6 is mounted. '17 7 is another standard upon the top of which is scoured the flat spring 178, the righthand end of which bears upon the Z-bar 17 6 and tends to keep the same down. From the Z-bar 176 projects downwardly a block 179 which bears upon the cover 121 as it passes beneath the device, the flange 180 of the device serving as a guide to keep the match splints 181 in position ,upon the cover. While this is taking place'as shown in Fig. 3, the matches are held down by pivotally mounted block 182.

By reference to Figs. 3 and 4, it will be observed that there are a series of these blocks pivotally mounted in an angle bar 183, said angle bar having springs 184 preferably wound upon pins 185, the free ends of said springs resting upon the tops of adjacent blocks 182 substantially at the center, each block preferably having elongated slots 186 for the retaining pins, so as to allow for a slight upward movement of the blocks, the same also preferably having beveled or tapered ends 187, as shown. 188 indicates cleats wardly beneath the free ends of the covers, turning them up asshown at 121 and 121" in the next space to the left. This yoke 190 has a laterally projecting portion 193, and a slide portion 194 adapted to reciprocate vertically in the bearing block 195 having pivotal connection 196 with the bar 197 the lower end of which is providedwith a roller 198 adapted to engage the cam 199 upon the countershaft 200 having pinion 201 meshing with the pinion 202 on the drive shaft 50.

After the ends of the covers have been turned upwardly as indicated at 121, 121 they continue to move leftwardly until in position to be struck by the fingers 203, 204, upon arms 205, 206, respectively, the arm 205 being secured upon the shaft 207, and

likewise an arm 208 the latter being pivotally connected at 209 to the, rod 210, the

lower end of which is provided with a roller 211 adapted to ride upon the cam 212 upon the countershaft 200, from which it will be seen that the finger 203 springs in and out across the line of feed upon the center 207,

Substantially at the same time the finger 204 until they pass beneath the stitcher 224 where the matches are stitched into the covers in the usual manner, said stitcher having a sprocket Wheel 225 and an idler 226, over both of which the sprocket chain 227 passes,

also passing over the sprocket wheel 228 mounted in the bracket 229, the plate 230 of which is secured to the frame of the machine, and the shaft 231 carrying said sprocket wheel 228 also being provided with a beveled pinion 232 which meshes with the beveled pinion 2'33 upon the main drive shaft 50. The finger bars shown to advantage in Fig.

'5, are vertically reciprocated as follows The cam 234'upon the drive shaft 50 raises and lowers the rod 235 by the roller 236, and this rod is pivotally connected at 237 to an arm in the slide block 238, said arm being connected to the pin 239 mounted in the slide blocks 240 in the finger bars 108. At the other end of the machine there isanother pin 241 connected to slide blocks 242 also mounted in the finger bars 108 and adapted to be operated by a rod 243 having a roller 244 adapted to engage the earn 245 upon the drive shaft 50. Vhile the last two cams serve to vertically reciprocate the fingers, provision for the longitudinal reciprocation of the same is provided at the left-end of the machine, looking at Fig. 4, where it will be observed that the connecting link 246 is pivotally mounted upon the finger bars 108, the

the covers, the matches, the cutting and assembling of the same, the enclosing of the matches within the covers, the securingof the same therein, and the final discharge of the same from the left end of the machine, looking at Fig. 4, the spring 252 secured at 253 serving to keep the same flat and easily movable within the guides 222, 223, as the same are discharged from the machine.

For driving the machine, an electric motor such as 254 may be employed and may be provided with a pinion 255 adapted to mesh with the gear 256 upon the shaft 257 mounted in bearings 258, 259, said shaft also having pinion 260 meshing with gear 261 upon the drive shaft 50, and 262 is part of a frietion clutch secured upon the drive shaft 50 and adapted to. be engaged therewith by the entering portion 263 slidably mounted upon said drive shaft and controlled by the forked lever 264 pivoted at 265 in the side of the machine frame having shaft 266 pivoted in the other side of the machine frame and provided with a hand lever 267.

Of course it will be understood that various modifications may be 'made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

We claim 1. In a machine of the class described, means for intermittently feeding and cutting the covers and the match splints therefor, said covers fed beneath said splints, means for placing said out splints upon said cut covers, means for partly folding said covers over said splints, and independent means for completing the fold of said covers, both of said foldi'ng means comprising folding members moving across the path of feed of said splints and covers, said splint feeding means and said cover feeding means comprising separate instrumentalities.

2. In a machine of the class described, means for intermittently feeding and cutting the covers and the match splints therefor,

said covers fed beneath said splints, means for placing said out splints upon said out covers, means for partly folding said covers over said splints, and independent means for completing the fold of said covers, both of said folding means comprising folding mem bers moving across the path of feed of said splints and covers, said splint feeding means and said cover feeding means comprising separate instrumentalities, and all said feeding means adapted to feed said parts 1n the same general direction.

3. In a machine of the class described, means for intermittently feeding and cutting the covers and the match splints therefor, said covers fed beneath said splints, means for placing said out splints upon said out covers, means for partly folding said covers over said splints, and independent means for completing the fold of said covers, both of said folding means comprising folding members moving across the path of feed of said splints and covers, means for fastening said splints Within said covers and means for holding the splints flat on the covers While the covers are being folded.

4. In a machine of the. class described, means for intermittently feeding and cutting the covers and the match splints therefor, said covers fed beneath said splints, means for placing said out splints upon said out covers,

; means for partly folding said covers over said splints, and independent means for completing the fold of said covers, both of said foldin g means comprising folding members moving across the path of feed of said splints and covers, and means for centralizing the splints upon said covers.

5. In a machine of the class described, means for intermittently feeding and cutting the covers and the match splints therefor, said covers fed beneath said splints, means for placing said out splints upon said cut covers, means for partly folding said covers over said splints, and independent means for completing the fold of said covers, both of said folding means comprising folding members moving across the path of feed of said splints and covers, said folding means operative while said splints and covers are stationary. 6. In a machine of the class described, means for intermittently feeding and cutting the covers and the match splints therefor, said covers fed beneath said splints, means for placing said out splints upon said out covers, means for partly folding said covers over said splints, and independent means for completing the fold of said covers, both of said folding means comprising folding members moving across the path of feed of said splints and covers, and means for keeping these splints flat on said covers While being fed.

7. In a machine of the class described, means for intermittently feeding and cutting the covers and the match splints therefor, said covers fed beneath said splints, means for placing said out splints upon said out covers, means for partly folding said covers over said splints, and independent means for completing the fold of said covers, both of said folding means comprising folding members moving across the path of feed of said splints said folding means comprising folding members moving across the path of feed of said splints and covers, and means for holding said cut-off splints.

I 9. In a machine of the ,class described, means for intermittently feeding and cutting the covers and the match splints therefor, said covers fed beneath said splints, means for placing said out splints upon said out covers, means for partly folding said covers over said splints, and independent means for completing the fold of said covers, both of said fold-- ing means comprising folding members moving across the path of feed of said splints and covers.

10. In a machine of the class described, means for intermittently feeding and cutting the covers and the match splints therefor, said covers fed beneath said splints, means for placing said out splints upon said out covers, means for partly folding said covers over said splints, and independent means for completing the fold of said covers, both of said folding means comprising folding members moving across the path of feed of said splints and covers, means for retaining said covers in folded position, and means for fastening said splints Within said covers.

11. In a machine of the class described, means for intermittently feeding and cutting the covers and the match splints therefor, said covers fed beneath said splints, means for placing said out splints upon said out covers, means for partly folding said covers over said splints, and independent means for completing the fold of said covers, both of said folding means comprising folding members moving across the path of feed of said splints and covers, said feeding means including parallel longitudinally moving fingers.

12. In a machine of the class described, means for intermittently feeding and cutting the covers and the match splints therefor, said covers fed beneath said splints, means for placing said out splints upon said cut covers, means for partly folding said covers over said splints, and independent means for completing the fold of said covers, both of said folding means comprising folding members moving across the path of feed of said splintsand covers, said cover feeding means adapted to present said covers to said cutting means in position to be out along a. predetermined line.

13. In a match book assembling machine, a

stationary table, means for periodically feeding and cutting the covers of the books from a roll of card, and positioning them on the stationary table, means for periodically feeding and cutting match splints and placing same upon said cut-off covers, means for 1ntermittently feeding the cover and splint assemblies longitudinally of the stationary table, and in combination therewith means operating transversely of the line of intermittent feed for folding said covers over said splints.

14. In a match book assembling machine, a stationary table, means for periodically feeding and cutting the covers of the books from a roll of card and positioning them on the stationary table, means for periodically feeding and cutting match splints and placing same upon said cut off covers, means for intermittently feeding the cover and splint assembliesv longitudinally of the stationary table, and in combination therewith means operating transversely ofthe line of intermittent feed for folding said covers over said splints, said last mentioned means comprising movable members adapted to fold the opposite ends of said covers from opposite sides of said line of feed.

15. In a match book assembling machine, a stationary table, means for periodically feeding and cutting the covers of the books from a roll of card and positioning them on the stationary table, means for periodically feeding and cutting match splints and placing same upon said cut-off covers, means for intermittently feeding the cover and splint assemblies longitudinally of the stationary table,

and in combination therewith means for projectin the ends of said covers substantially at rig t angles to said splints and then over the same.

16. In a match book assembling machine, a stationary table, means for periodically feeding and cutting the covers of the books from a roll of card and positioning them on the stationary table, means for periodically feeding and cutting match splints and placing same upon said cut-oif covers, means for intermittently feeding the cover and splint assemblies longitudinally of the stationary table, and in combination therewith means operating transversely of the line of intermittent feed for folding said covers over said splints, and means for securing said splints within said covers.

17. In a match book assembling machine, means for periodically feeding and cuttin the covers of the books from a roll of car means for periodically feeding and cutting match splints and placing same' upon said cut oil covers, centering means for centrally positioning said splints upon said covers, means for folding said covers over said splints, and means for securing the same therein.

18. In a match book assembling machine, means for periodically feeding and cuttin the covers of the books from a roll of car means for periodically feeding and cutting match splints and placing same upon said cutoil covers, centermg means for positioning said splints upon said'covers, means for folding said covers over said splints, and means for securing the same therein, said feeding means having a longitudinal substantially rectilinear motion.

19. In a match book making machine,means for periodically feeding and cuttin match book cover blanks from a roll thereo means for feeding and cutting match strips, means for positioning the cut ofi match strips upon said out oif blanks, means for partly folding said blanks around said strips, and means for intermittently moving said blanks and strips between the match book forming operations, said means for intermittently moving said blarliks and strips comprising a reciprocating rac 20. In a match book forming machine, a stationary table, means for depositing covers and match combs upon the table with the combs superimposed on the covers to provide successive match book assemblies, a plurality of book forming mechanisms arranged along the table to successively operate upon the book assemblies while they are in juxtaposed relation to these forming mechanisms, means for intermittently moving the book assemblies along the stationary table into cooperative relation with the formin mechanisms with periods of dwell at each ormin mechanism, and means for operating the orming mechanisms while the book assemblies are in juxtaposed relation thereto.

21. In a match book forming machine, a stationary table, means for intermittently feeding covers along the table, means for depositing match combs upon the. covers durin periods of dwell of the covers to provide book assemblies, a plurality of book forming mechanisms arranged along the table to successively operate upon the book assemblies while they are in juxtaposed relation to these forming mechanisms, means for intermittently moving the book assemblies along the stationary table into cooperative relation with the forming mechanisms with periods of dwell at each forming mechanism, and means for operating the forming mechanisms while the book assemblies are in juxtaposed relation thereto.

22. In a match book forming machine, a stationary table, book match cover folding devices arranged along said table and means for intermittently sliding match book covers and combs along the table and successively into cooperative relation with said cover folding devices.

23. In a match book forming machine, a stationary table, means for intermittently memos feeding covers along the table, .7 means for depositing match combs upon the covers to provide book assemblies, means, movable across the path of feed of said assemblies and operable while the assemblies are at rest, for partly folding the covers over the combs, and additional means, also movable across said path of feed while the assemblies are at rest to complete the folding of the covers.

24. In a match book forming machine, a stationary table, means for depositing covers and match combs upon the table with the combs superimposed on the covers to provide successive match book assemblies, and means for intermittently feeding the assemblies longitudinally of said stationary table, said feeding means embodying a pusher bar, provided with book assembly engaging members, and mounted for alternate rectilinear reciprocating movement in different planes in one of which said members are positioned to engage the assemblies on the table, and means to operate the pusher bar.

25. In a match book forming machine, a stationary table, means for depositing covers and match combs upon the table with the combs superimposed on the covers to provide successive match book assemblies, and means for intermittently feeding the assemblies longitudinally of said stationary table, said feeding means embodying a pusher bar, provided with hook assembly engaging memhers, means to longitudinally reciprocate said bar in opposite directions with said members alternately in and out of driving engagement with the match assemblies.

26. In a match book forming machine, a stationary table, a feed bar provided with pusher fingers and mounted to reciprocate alternately in a plane wherein the fingers longitudinally traverse the table and in a plane wherein the fingers are removed from the table, match book forming devices arranged along the table, and means to deposit superimposed cover blanks and match combs on the table in the path of said fingers, whereby said cover blanks and comb assemblies are intermittently fed along the table to the forming devices.

27. In a match book forming machine, a stationary table, a feed bar provided with pusher fingers and mounted to reciprocate alternately in a plane wherein the fingers lon gitudinally traverse the table and in a plane wherein the fingers are removed from the table match book forming devices arranged along the table, and means to deposit cover blanks and superimposed match combs on the table in the path of said fingers, whereby said cover blanks and comb assemblies are intermittently fed along the table to the forming devices, and means carried by the feed bar for centralizing the combs with respect to the cover blanks.

28. In a match book 'forming'machine, a

mittently fed along the table to the forming devices, means carried by the feed bar for centralizing the combs with respect to the cover blanks, and means for securing the combs within the cover blanks.

29. In a match book forming machine, a stationary table, book match cover folding devices arranged along said table, means for intermittently sliding match book covers and combs along the table and-"successively into cooperative relation with said cover folding devices, and means for centralizing the combs within the covers while the assemblies are movin along the table.

30. In a match book forming. machine, means for feeding superimposed cover and comb blanks along a predetermined path, means for centralizing the comb blanks with respect to the cover blanks as they are fed along, means for folding both ends of the cover blanks over the centralized comb blanks, and means for securing the comb blanks within the folded covers.

31. In a match book forming machine, a stationary forming table, means for feeding superimposed cover and comb blanks longitudinally of the feed table, means for centralizing the comb blanks with respect to the cover blanks as they are fed along the table, means for folding both ends of the cover blanks over the centralized comb blanks, and means for securing the comb blanks within the folded covers.

32. In a match book forming machine, a stationary forming table, cover folding devices positioned along the table and operable to fold covers over combs while the bodies of the covers and the combs are at rest in juxtaposition therewith, and means for intermittently feeding cover and superimposed comb blanks to the folding devices.

33. In a match book forming machine, a stationary forming table, cover folding devices positioned along the table and operable to fold covers over combs while the bodies of the covers and the combs are at rest in juxtaposition therewith, means for intermittently feeding cover and superimposed comb blanks to the folding devices, means for centralizing the combs within their associated covers, and means for securing the combs within their covers.

34. In a match book forming machine, a stationary table along which superimposed cover and comb blanks are adapted to befed intermittently, a plurality of cover folding devices arranged along the table and adapted to fold the ends of the covers while the blanks and combs are in stationary juxtaposed position with respect to said devices, means for depositing superimposed cover and comb blanks upon the table, and means for intermittently moving the superimposed cover and comb blanks to the several folding devices with periods of dwell to permit of folding operations while the cover and comb blanks are juxtaposed with each folding device.

35. In a match book forming machine, a stationary table along which superimposed cover and comb blanks are adapted to be fed intermittently, a plurality of cover folding devices arranged along the table and adapted to fold the ends of the covers while the blanks and combs are in stationary juxtaposed position with respect to said devices, means for depositing superimposed cover and comb blanks upon the table, means for intermittently moving the superimposed cover and comb blanks to the several folding devices with periods of dwell to permit of folding operations while the cover and comb blanks are juxtaposed with each folding device, and

' means also positioned adjacent the stationary table for securing the combs within the covers after the covers have been folded.

36. In a book match forming machine, a stationary, continuous table, all parts of which are positioned in the same plane, a plurality of book forming mechanisms arranged along the table to successively operate upon book assemblies while they are in uxtaposed relation to these forming mechanisms, means for depositing flat cover blanks upon the table and for superimposing match combs upon said blanks to form the book assemblies, and means for intermittently moving the book assemblies along the table and into cooperation with the several forming mechanisms in succession until the complete book match is formed.

path of feed of the assemblies while the assemblies remain in the same plane.

38. In a match book forming machine, a stationary forming table, all parts of the length of which are in the same plane, means for moving match book assemblies along said table, and means operating perpendicularly of the path of feed of the assemblies to completely fold the covers over the combs by the time the assemblies reach the discharge end of the table.

89. In a match book forming machine, a stationary continuous forming table, movable cover folding devices ositioned along the table and operable to fold the covers over the combs While the bodies of the covers and the combs are at rest in juxtaposition therewith, and means for intermittently feeding cover and superimposed comb blanks to the folding devices.

4E0. Ina match book forming machine, a stationary, continuous forming table all portions of the length of which are in the same plane, movable folding tools operable transversely of the table to fold covers over combs while the bodies of the covers and the combs are at rest in juxtaposition with said tools, and means vfor intermittently feeding cover and superimposed comb blanks to the folding tools. whereby the covers are completely folded over the combs by the time the comb and cover assemblies reach the discharge end of the table.

LEO GREENBAUM. EDWARD VAN HOOFSTADT. CHAS. GUSTAVSON. 

